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The Coming Together of Astronomy and Economics

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Knapowski R.

Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review

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2019

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vol. 10

455-476

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The paper is an English translation of Skojarzenie się astronomii z ekonomią by Roch Knapowski published originally in Polish in Opuscula Casimiro Tymieniecki septuagenario dedicata in 1964. The text is published as a part of a jubilee edition of the “Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review. 100th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law and Ad-ministration” devoted to the achievements of the late Professors of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań.

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Recenzja książki: James Evans, The history and practice of ancient astronomy, Oford University Press, 1998.

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Dylewski J.

Collectanea Philologica

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2011

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vol. 14

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Professor James Evans is a physicist working an University of Pudget Sound in the USA. His reseatch is focused on ancient astronomy and application of that knowledge. He also successfully attempted to build gnomon, astrolabe or analemna – instruments used in antuiquity and medieval times to make observations of celestial bodies. In his work, The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy, professor Evans introduces the reader to the evolution of astronomical knowledge, from the simplest observations made by farmers or sailors to complex astronomical models and calculations of asronomers such as Ptolemy. The author focuses mostly on ancient Babylonians and Greeks as he believes that their input on that field was most significant and the apex of ancient astonomy was Almagest by Ptolemy (one may criticise author’s thesis that Copernicus’ work was mostly a repetition of dicoveries made by the Greek astronomer with addition of the heliocentric theory of the universe). Next, professor Evans speaks of celestial pheres, stars and planets, also explaining the particular theories related to them. What is interesting is the author’s approach to ancient testimonies. He does not only ask what we learn from ancient scriptures, tablets and other findings, but also how do we learn it. Language and phrasing in this book are clear enough to unsderstand for those without background in physics or ancient languages. Priceless addition to this work are numerous illustrations placed on page margins although it happens sometimes that figure to which the current text refers to is located several pages away. This requires te reader to pay close atention to figure numbers. The word ‘practice’ mentioned in this book’s title points to one of the most importants assets of professor Evans’ work. Apart from sharing the knowledge with the reader the author shows him how to use that knowledge to verify the author’s hypotheses and how to make the observations the way they were mentioned in the ancient texts. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy shows the reader how to make observations of daily and annual movement of the Sun, how to determine latitude of a particular place or how to measure the approximate distance of Sun or the Moon form the Earth. Each of the subchapters is ended by list of excersises that allow to test the freshly gained knowledge. On top of that the author has also provided schematics which allow the reader to build his own astrolabe – an instrument commonly used by Arabic and European astronomers. Some might feel surprised that footnotes have been moved to the end of the entire book which makes it a little difficult to track loci of the texts quoted by the autor. Apparently it is a compromise made for sake of clarity of the lecture and general estethic feeling of the book. Without any doubt The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy is a position worthy of being recommended not only to enthusiasts of physics and astronomy but also of ancient science and culture.

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Teologia wobec astronomii – ujęcie Bernharda Pünjera. Metodologiczne podstawy recepcji prac astronomicznych Johanna Zöllnera na gruncie teologii w kontekście kontrowersji pomiędzy nauką a religią w Niemczech w XIX wieku

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Cebula P.

Semina Scientiarum

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2013

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vol. 12

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The main aim of this article is to investigate the methodology of Bernhard Pünjer’s theology in relationship to Johann Zöllner’s astronomy. These two scholars lived in the 19th century, in which several kinds of science spectacularly developed. How did Pünjer react to the growth of science, for instance to Zöllner’s idea of astronomy? The paper presents Pünjer’s position as contrasted with Zöllner’s main point of view.

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Tycho Brahe a Mikołaj Kopernik

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Koczy L. B.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

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2014

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issue 2

15-26

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The author analyses Copernicus’s ideas described in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543) and the different view of the universe put forward by the excellent Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601). Elias Olsen Morsing (1550–1590), a collaborator of Tycho Brahe, was sent to Frombork (Frauenburg) in 1584 to take the same measurements as Copernicus, but with his own, much better, instruments. The idea was to compare the new measurements with those taken by Copernicus. The expedition was a success. Morsing was able to detect certain errors in Copernicus’s measurements, and the scope of these errors. While in Frombork, Morsing received a primitive astronomical instrument and a portrait of Copernicus as gifts from canon Jan Hannovius. The author of this paper notes the Catholic Church’s scepticism about Copernicus’s theory of the universe, while acknowledging that both Copernicus and Brahe had deep faith in God and shared the belief that they owed their learning and achievement to God.

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Stoic Caricature in Lucian’s De astrologia: Verisimilitude As Comedy

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McNamara C.

Peitho. Examina Antiqua

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2013

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vol. 4

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issue 1

235-253

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The inclusion of De astrologia in the Lucianic corpus has been disputed for centuries since it appears to defend astrological practices that Lucian elsewhere undercuts. This paper argues for Lucian’s authorship by illustrating its masterful subversion of a captatio benevolentiae and subtle rejection of Stoic astrological practices. The narrator begins the text by blaming phony astrologers and their erroneous predictions for inciting others to “denounce the stars and hate astrology” (ἄστρων τε κατηγοροῦσιν καὶ αὐτὴν στρολογίην μισέουσιν, 2). The narrator assures readers that he, the knowledgeable astrologer, will correct for the “stupidity and laziness” (μαθίῃ καὶ ῥαθυμίῃ, ibid.) that bring about false predictions. The narrator’s credibility quickly decays when he attempts to recast Orpheus, Bellerophon, Icarus, Daedalus, and a host of other mythological figures as Greek astrologers. Lucian’s audience would expect such far-fetched interpretations of myth from the stereotypical Stoic philosopher, a character lampooned elsewhere in the Lucianic corpus.

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Wątki religijne i postaci biblijne w astronomicznym traktacie Jana z Głogowa (1445 – 1507)

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Zawadzki R. K.

Collectanea Philologica

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2017

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issue 20

121-135

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The article offers insights on the reception and literary transmission of the religious and biblical threads running through the astronomical treatise Introductorium compendiosum in Tractatum sphaerae materialis Ioannis de Sacrobusto of Jan of Głogów. As a narrative and historical book, the Bible offered a broad market for tales in both oral and written form and apocryphal works of fiction, which were adopted and adapted in Jan’s dissertation in order to meet the scientific tasks and expectations of young listeners, thus making the practical realization of the scholastic educational standards and needs. Among others, the article examines in Jan’s treatise popular biblical tales, such as Adam and Eve, Moses, Noah, Abraham, and Jerusalem and the Hell together with their geographical and astronomical features. The history of Pontius Pilatus is also discussed with his alleged German descent. This combination of such disparate narrative and research material shows both the wealth of Jan’s storytelling and his ability to teach astronomy.

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Questio astronomicalis Zdeňka z Labouně. Kritická edice

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Kocánová B.

Listy filologické (Folia philologica)

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2016

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vol. 139

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issue 1-2

123-165

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The subject of this edition is a response to the quaestio (raised at the discussion de quodlibet organised by John Hus in 1411), “whether there are seven planets, whether they move in epicycles and on eccentric orbits, and whether their conjunction influences humans and gives rise to comets, blazing dragon (i.e. meteor), halo, rainbow, sub and asub (another meteors) and hyatus and bochim (aurora borealis or clouds coloured by sunlight).” The astronomer Zdeněk of Labouň starts with an astronomical description of the planets, their movements and conjunctions, and then he turns to the question of the influence of planetary conjunctions on earthly matters – on people as well as on the specific optical phenomena. The answers he gives are as follows: yes, there are seven planets; the planets move in epicycles and on eccentric orbits; their conjunctions influence what happens on the Earth and in the air. Zdeněk of Labouň believed that the heat produced by the planetary conjunctions might release exhalations from the Earth surface that cause specific phenomena: comets and meteors through the ignition of dry exhalations; halo and rainbow through the reflection of light rays from particles of vapour. By discussing astronomy, astrology and meteorology at the same time, this quaestio differs from typical works on these subjects. John Hus’ choice of such a unique question might have been motivated by his effort to persuade the public about a high standard of the Prague University, even in this difficult period of its history. The text of this critical edition is based on the only two preserved manuscripts: (A) National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Ms. X E 24, fol. 155v–165r; (B) Austrian National Library, Vienna, no. 4673, fol. 156v–159r.

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Nowe widzenie – astrologiczny i astronomiczny wymiar wizji fotograficznej

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Łuczak D.

Artium Quaestiones

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2017

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issue 28

33-64

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The paper focuses on the New Vision – one of the most important developments in the history of the twentieth-century photography, whose ambition was to modernize human perception, hence also society. A project with such an objective, characteristic of the avant-garde, required not only the use of photography as a tool of “ocularcentrism,” to use a term coined by Martin Jay, but also some more solid epistemological and ontological foundation. The author analyzes the project of the New Vision, introducing two interpretive contexts, i.e. astrology and astronomy, which are understood as specific paradigms of cognition and knowledge. First, both concepts are located in a more general discourse of the philosophy of history (Nietzsche, Benjamin), and second, they are related to the practice and theory of the New Vision and the idea of developing a new vision of reality, shown at the famous “Film und Foto” exhibition (Stuttgart, 1929). The basis of the present interpretation is methodological reflection on the ideologization of photography in the so-called revisionist studies which favor the critique of the apparatus of power. Instead, the author proposes a concept of photographic vision connecting the picture and the spectator or, in other words, calling for taking into consideration the process of reception. This proposal, close to Hans Belting’s anthropology of the image, renounces the idea of the passive spectator, subject to the picture, in favor of the analysis of its perception. In the context of the New Vision, the picture-spectator relationship has been approached in terms of astrology and astronomy.

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Fedor Dmitriev-Mamonov. The Nobleman-Philosopher

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Drozdek A.

Slavia Orientalis

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2020

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vol. LXIX

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issue 2

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Terminology, Stars and (Exo)Planets

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Renwick A.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

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2021

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issue 13

265-274

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This contribution examines the formation, evolution and use of terms in astronomy. The term planet is discussed in detail through the analysis of specialized contemporary sources, with focus on how the discoveries of Neptune, Uranus and Pluto changed the meaning of planet. Consideration is also given to other bodies originally classified as planets, illustrating a repeating pattern of scientific advancement blurring the boundaries of what planet denotes before linguistic and terminological usage adapts to reflect scientific understanding. Further consideration is given to the qualifier dwarf in denoting bodies both too small and too large to be classified as planets, which constitutes a modern blurring of the lines of planethood in the field of exoplanetology. Through the analysis of three leading astronomical journals, it is shown that despite the lack of a centralised authority actively regulating terminology, the prototype term Hot Jupiter has engendered new series of terms using differing terminological and conceptual regimes to prioritize different characteristics of exoplanets, allowing for efficient communication in specialised and general discourse.

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Some remarks on the first image of a black hole

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Szybka S. J.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2020

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issue 68

281-294

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On the 10th of April, 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration presented the first image of the black hole. The image was obtained with a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes. The observation relied on a technique called very long base interferometry which synchronises telescope facilities around the world. The image of a black hole together with the recent detections of gravitational waves confirms one of the most intriguing predictions of Einstein’s gravity theory, namely, the existence of black holes. I will provide more details on this remarkable observation and explore its consequences for our understanding of nature. The physical reality of black holes is strongly supported by recent advances of astronomy. I claim that this fact is the key to understanding the relation between our world and the world of mathematics.

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Śmierć Pańska i zaćmienie Słońca. Jana z Głogowa (1445–1507) rozważania o cudownym zjawisku astronomicznym

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Zawadzki R. K.

Łódzkie Studia Teologiczne

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2018

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vol. 27

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issue 3

263-274

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Arranged by topics, the essay covers the early sixteenth – century "Introductorium compendiosum in Tractatum sphaerae materialis Ioannis de Sacrobusto" written in Latin by the Polish scholar Jan of Głogów. The essay explores diverse aspects of his deliberations about the eclipse of the sun which was said to happen during the time of Christ’s death. In Jan`s opinion which was based on astronomical knowledge and ancient writers` judgments, the blocking of the light of the sun when the moon was between it and the earth, was a miraculous event which did not follow the known physical laws of nature and was therefore thought to be caused by God.

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KONSTRUOWANIE REPREZENTACJI ASTRONOMICZNYCH U DZIECI. WNIOSKI DLA PRAKTYKI PEDAGOGICZNEJ

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Jelinek J. A.

Ruch Pedagogiczny

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2016

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issue 1

73-81

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Wiedza o kuli ziemskiej, miejsce Ziemi w kosmosie i zjawisku dnia i nocy nie jest zarezerwowana tylko dla dorosłych. Dzieci stykają się z nią w telewizji, programach multimedialnych, oglądając filmy przyrodnicze, także w wielu opowiadaniach, bajkach i legendach. Posługują się słowami: kula Ziemska, krótki dzień, spadająca gwiazda itd. Próbują także wyjaśniać proste zjawiska astronomiczne, np. przyczynę dnia i nocy. Świadczy to o tym, że budują w swoim umyśle reprezentację astronomiczną.

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The knowledge of the globe, Earth’s place in the space and the phenomenon of day and night is not reserved only to the adults. Children come across it on television, multimedia programmes, watching documentaries, as well as in numerous stories, fairy tales and legends. This is why the children use the words: Earth, globe, short day, falling star, etc. They also try to explain simple astronomical phenomena, e.g. the cause of night and day. It proves that they build in their minds a representation of astronomy.

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Mathematicians and mathematics at Prague University during the second half of the 18th century

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Schuppener G.

Teorie vědy (Theory of Science)

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2021

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vol. 43

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issue 1

95-116

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Th e paper describes the situation of teaching mathematics and its position at Prague University in the second half of the 18th century. In order to be able to adequately present the specifi c changes during this period, I fi rst explain the development of the role of mathematics as a modern science among the Prague Jesuits in the two centuries before. It is pointed out that the Jesuits initially assigned only a very minor importance to mathematics. From the middle of the 17th century, however, there was signifi cant development. In the middle of the 18th century, under the infl uence of the Enlightenment, state reforms set in, which also signifi cantly infl uenced the structure and content of education at Prague University. I describe the consequences of these reforms – that also led to the dissolution of the Jesuit Order – for mathematics. Finally, I deal with the life and work of mathematicians and astronomers at Prague University in the second half of the 18th century.

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Článek popisuje výuku matematiky a postavení této vědy na pražské univerzitě v druhé polovině 18. století. Abych byl schopen adekvátně popsat specifi cké změny, které nastaly během tohoto období, nejprve stručně představím důležitost matematiky, zvláště pak jejího vývoje k moderní vědě, pro pražské jezuity ve dvou předcházejících stoletích. Ukáži, že jezuité zpočátku matematice přikládali jen velmi malý význam. Od poloviny 17. století však začalo docházet k dalekosáhlým změnám. V polovině 18. století pak byly pod vlivem osvíceneckých idejí nastoleny státní reformy, které výrazně určily strukturu a obsah vzdělávání na pražské univerzitě. Popisuji důsledky těchto reforem, které mimo jiné vedly ke zrušení jezuitského řádu, pro vývoj matematického zkoumání. Na závěr se zabývám životem a prací matematiků a astronomů na pražské univerzitě v druhé polovině 18. století.

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The life of Tadeusz Banachiewicz and his scientific activity

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Bujakiewicz-Korońska R., Koroński J.

Studia Historiae Scientiarum

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2016

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vol. 15

275–300

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This paper is a synthetic biography of Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882–1954), which takes into account his most important scientific achievements. Its aim is to present the achievements of this Polish scientist to the foreign reader.

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Niniejszy artykuł jest syntetyczną biografią Tadeusza Banachiewicza (1882–1954), uwzględniającą jego najważniejsze wyniki naukowe. Jego celem jest przedstawienie zagranicznemu Czytelnikowi osiągnięć tego polskiego naukowca.

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Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), życie i działalność pierwszego astronoma Królewskiego Pruskiego Towarzystwa Nauk

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Rogińska J.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2021

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vol. 66

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issue 3

105–121

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Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) was an astronomer born in Guben, the maker of calendars and the author of ephemerides. He owed his fame to the discovery of the Great Comet of 1680, and he gained prestige as the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences. The article summarises the current state of knowledge about Gottfried Kirch and presents his astronomical and calednariographic activity at various stages of his life, via the lens of the stays in Langgrün, Lobbenstein, Leipzig, Coburg, Guben and Berlin (Dorotheenstadt).

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Mikrometr śrubowy Gottfrieda Kircha – historia, konstrukcja i upowszechnienie w 1. poł. XVIII w.

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Rogińska J.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2021

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vol. 66

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issue 3

185–196

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Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) developed the screw micrometer to observe the occultation of ο Tauri by Saturn on January 7/17, 1679. The news about the instrument was not published immediately. The device was popularised by his calendar for 1696. The article presents preliminary findings concerning the dissemination of knowledge about this invention and responds to the claim that it was the most widely used micrometer in the German-speaking lands in the first half of the 18th century.

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The Physics Cabinet of the University of Padua. At the crossroads between Veneto and Europe

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Marcon F., Peruzzi G., Talas S.

Opuscula Musealia

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2019

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vol. 26

157-172

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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, new lectures in natural philosophy based on direct and immediate demonstrations began to spread through Europe. Within this context, a chair of experimental philosophy was created at the University of Padua in 1738, and the new professor, Giovanni Poleni, established a Cabinet of Physics, which became very well known in eighteenth-century Europe. In the following two centuries, Poleni’s successors continued to acquire thousands of instruments used for teaching and research, which today are held at the Museum of the History of Physics of the University of Padua. The present paper describes the main peculiarities of the collection, comprising instruments from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. We also discuss the current acquisition policy of the museum, aimed at collecting material evidence of the research and teaching activities in physics that are carried out in Padua today. We will outline both the local peculiarities of the collection and its international dimension, based on the contacts that have been established throughout the centuries between Padua and the international scientific community. Some aspects of the circulation of scientific knowledge in Europe and beyond will thus also emerge.

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Śladami ojca. Edukacja i kariera astronomiczna Christfrieda Kircha (1694–1740)

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Rogińska J.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

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2021

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vol. 66

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issue 4

157–170

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The activity of Christfried Kirch (1694–1740), son of Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), the first astronomer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences, has not yet received much attention in historiography. Christfried Kirch’s astronomy education – beginning with the studies with his father, to the unfulfilled plans of visits to the observatories in England and France – culminated in his acceptance as an observer of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences on October 8, 1716. The article aims to present the development of Christfried Kirch’s career and his efforts to achieve the position once held by his father in the Society of Sciences in Berlin.

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Nicolaus Copernicus — Scholar, Citizen of Toruń and Man of the Renaissance

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Małłek J.

Archiwum Historii i Filozofii Medycyny

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2011

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vol. 74

73-78

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The article consists of two parts, the first of which is devoted to the life of the Great Astronomer in the light of the most recent research, while the second part is devoted to his creative work. The bibliography of works about Copernicus for the period 1509-2001 contains 8246 bibliographical items, with the last ten years bringing further articles and books about the scholar from Toruń. Thus, it is not easy to write something new. In dealing with the life of Copernicus, the author concentrates on matters that have been controversial or barely documented in the literature hitherto. He is inclined to accept—on the basis of the new book by Jeremi Wasiutyński The Solar Mystery (Oslo 2003)—Ludwik Birkenmajer s thesis that after finishing the parish school in Toruń, Copernicus attended the cathedral school in Włocławek (Vladislavia/ Leslau). In agreement with Karol Górski, he explains the fact that Copernicus did not take holy orders because he did not have a vocation for pastoral work and treated the dignity of the clerical office with honesty. The author explains that the lack of letters from Copernicus written in Polish stems from the fact that Latin was the language of scholars at that time and was also used by the Astronomer. Copernicus died in 1543, the year in which Mikołaj Rej in his Krótka rozprawa [“A Short Treatise”] marked the beginning of the use of Polish in literature and in chanceleries. The argument over Copernicus’ nationality is, according to the author, gradually becoming anachronistic and today Copernicus unites rather than divides Poles and Germans. In analysing the scholar s works, the author highlights his wide-ranging interests. Similarly to Leonardo da Vinci, he made a long-lasting contribution not only to astronomy, but also to mathematics and physics. In economics, he was the author of a monetary reform. The law whereby bad money drives out good is called Copernicus-Gresham’s law. He was a lawyer by training, obtaining a doctorate in canon law in Ferrara in 1503. He was involved in cartography and was a respected medical doctor. Copernicus was fascinated by the work of the ancients, so characteristic for the humanists of the time. He even translated from Greek into Latin Simocattas Epistles (1509), published in Cracow. That was the only book which we know with certainty was published in his lifetime. His Opus Vitae or Opus Magnum was De revolutionibus (Nuremberg 1543), in which he refuted the geocentric theory of the planetary system, replacing it with the heliocentric theory. This discovery initiated a new era in the history of science, which is called the “Copernican Revolution”. He wrote that the profession of a scientist, in this case an astronomer, is “worthy of a free man”. He was truly a Renaissance Man.

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Artykuł składa się z dwóch części. Część pierwsza to życiorys Wielkiego Astronoma w świetle najnowszych badań, natomiast część druga poświęcona jest jego działalności twórczej. Bibliografia prac o Koperniku za lata 1509-2001 obejmuje liczbę 8246 pozycji. Ostatnie 10 lat przyniosło kolejne artykuły i książki o toruńskim uczonym. Napisanie czegoś nowego jest więc sprawą niełatwą. Autor przy redagowaniu życiorysu Kopernika zwraca uwagę na kwestie w dotychczasowej literaturze kontrowersyjne lub mało udokumentowane. I tak skłonny jest przyjąć, na podstawie nowej książki Jeremiego Wasiutyńskiego The Solar Mystery (Oslo 2003), tezę Ludwika Birkenmajera, że Kopernik po ukończeniu szkoły parafialnej w Toruniu uczęszczał do szkoły katedralnej we Włocławku. Fakt nieprzyjęcia święceń wyższych przez Kopernika tłumaczy za Karolem Górskim brakiem powołania do pracy duszpasterskiej i jego uczciwym stosunkiem do godności duchownej. Wreszcie fakt braku listów Kopernika w języku polskim wyjaśnia, iż językiem uczonych była wówczas łacina, którą głównie posługiwał się Astronom. Kopernik zmarł w 1543 r., to jest w tym samym roku, kiedy Mikołaj Rej utworem Krótka rozprawa zapoczątkował używanie języka polskiego w literaturze i kancelariach. Spór o narodowość Kopernika — jak twierdzi autor — staje się anachroniczny; Kopernik dzisiaj bardziej łączy niż dzieli Polaków i Niemców. Charakteryzując twórczość Uczonego, autor wskazuje na wszechstronność jego zainteresowań. Podobnie jak Leonardo da Vinci Kopernik wniósł trwały wkład nie tylko do astronomii, ale także do matematyki i fizyki. W zakresie ekonomii był projektodawcą reformy monetarnej. Prawo o wypieraniu dobrego pieniądza przez zły pieniądz nosi nazwę prawa Kopernika-Greshama. Był wyuczonym prawnikiem, doktorat z prawa kanonicznego uzyskał w Ferrarze w r. 1503. Parał się kartografią, był uznanym lekarzem. Zafascynowany dorobkiem starożytnych, co charakterystyczne dla humanistów tamtych czasów, dokonał nawet tłumaczenia Listów Symokatty (1509) z języka greckiego na łacinę opublikowanego w Krakowie. Była to jedyna książka, która na pewno ukazała się za jego życia. Opus Vitae czy Opus Magnum Kopernika było De revolutionibus (Norymberga 1543), w którym obalił teorię geocentryczną układu planetarnego, zastępując ją teorią heliocentryczną. To odkrycie zapoczątkowało nową epokę w dziejach nauki zwaną „Rewolucją kopernikańską”. Kopernik pisał, że uprawianie nauki, w tym wypadku astronomii, jest „godne człowieka wolnego”. Był w pełni człowiekiem epoki Renesansu.

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The Coming Together of Astronomy and Economics

Recenzja książki: James Evans, The history and practice of ancient astronomy, Oford University Press, 1998.

Teologia wobec astronomii – ujęcie Bernharda Pünjera. Metodologiczne podstawy recepcji prac astronomicznych Johanna Zöllnera na gruncie teologii w kontekście kontrowersji pomiędzy nauką a religią w Niemczech w XIX wieku

Tycho Brahe a Mikołaj Kopernik

Stoic Caricature in Lucian’s De astrologia: Verisimilitude As Comedy

Wątki religijne i postaci biblijne w astronomicznym traktacie Jana z Głogowa (1445 – 1507)

Questio astronomicalis Zdeňka z Labouně. Kritická edice

Nowe widzenie – astrologiczny i astronomiczny wymiar wizji fotograficznej

Fedor Dmitriev-Mamonov. The Nobleman-Philosopher

Terminology, Stars and (Exo)Planets

Some remarks on the first image of a black hole

Śmierć Pańska i zaćmienie Słońca. Jana z Głogowa (1445–1507) rozważania o cudownym zjawisku astronomicznym

KONSTRUOWANIE REPREZENTACJI ASTRONOMICZNYCH U DZIECI. WNIOSKI DLA PRAKTYKI PEDAGOGICZNEJ

Mathematicians and mathematics at Prague University during the second half of the 18th century

The life of Tadeusz Banachiewicz and his scientific activity

Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), życie i działalność pierwszego astronoma Królewskiego Pruskiego Towarzystwa Nauk

Mikrometr śrubowy Gottfrieda Kircha – historia, konstrukcja i upowszechnienie w 1. poł. XVIII w.

The Physics Cabinet of the University of Padua. At the crossroads between Veneto and Europe

Śladami ojca. Edukacja i kariera astronomiczna Christfrieda Kircha (1694–1740)

Nicolaus Copernicus — Scholar, Citizen of Toruń and Man of the Renaissance